![]() ![]() ![]() Milan has pointed this out to the shire for many years and nothing has been done. His land slopes towards the unsealed road and when the creek overflows the road drains become blocked. ![]() Several years after the devastating Black Saturday fires Milan noticed heavy silting which he attributes to a loss of vegetation where the creek rises. They have a small dam in the eastern corner of their property fed by the creek which then flows through culverts under their driveway heading west. Their driveway meanders over the Robertson Creek. When they moved to Labertouche Milan and Sonia ran beef on their farmlet but with the advancing years they have found sheep, alpacas and goats easier to handle. Milan believes it is the result of poor road maintenance by Baw Baw Shire, silting issues following the fires and climate change. They have been living on their 20-acre property in Alcorn Rd for 23 years and experienced some minor flooding but in recent years flooding is frequent and extreme. Now they face another fight - extreme flooding. Milan and Sonia Stempihar fought a raging fire on Black Saturday 2009 and saved their Labertouche property. ![]()
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